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praise the Lord

praise the Lord interjection: a phrase used to thank God by Christians.

Interjection

  1. A phrase used to thank God by Christians.
  2. Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous.
  3. (UK, mildly blasphemous) Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity.
    • “There was a time when the homosexual demanded marriage,” he added with an exasperated chuckle. “Praise the Lord, that time is past. PRAISE THE LORD!” he commanded.2021, Truscott Jones, chapter 1, in For the Common Good: What Happens When the Powerful Get Desperate?, Saint Petersburg, Fla.: BookLocker, →ISBN, page 8

praise the Lord meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic

praise the Lord in Hindi

phrase used to thank God
सुभानअल्लाह subhānaallāh

praise the Lord in Urdu

phrase used to thank God
سبحان اللہ subhān-allāh

praise the Lord in Bengali

phrase used to thank God
সুবহানাল্লাহ śub'hanallah

praise the Lord in Arabic

phrase used to thank God
سُبْحَانَ اللّٰه subḥāna llāh
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praise the Lord in Indonesian
subhanallah

Synonyms of praise the Lord

Origin of praise the Lord

A present subjunctive clause inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of them. It is semantically equivalent to praise be to God. The zero morph difference from the imperative form allows parsing as a command synchronically.

Questions about praise the Lord

What does praise the Lord mean?
Praise the Lord means a phrase used to thank God by Christians.
What is praise the Lord in Hindi?
Praise the Lord in Hindi is सुभानअल्लाह (subhānaallāh). See Praise the Lord meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is praise the Lord?
Praise the Lord is an interjection.

Words near praise the Lord in the dictionary

  1. praise be to God
  2. praise name
  3. praise names
  4. praise song
  5. praise songs
  6. praise the Lord
  7. praise to the skies
  8. praise with faint damns
  9. praise-worthy
  10. praised
  11. praised to the skies

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